In a democracy, the most important office is the office of citizen
No, there are no special places in hell. Hell is a democracy.
The neoliberal programs of the last generation have in fact been, and were intended to be, a pretty serious attack on democracy, but also they've led to stagnation or decline for large parts of the population - the working class, the lower middle class, these people have essentially been cast aside.
Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.
Through the ballot, we can defend our democracy from the threat of dictatorship.
One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it cries as one, is a great roar.
It was Reagan who began the realignment of American politics, making the Republicans into internationalist Jeffersonians with his speech in London at the Palace of Westminster in 1982, which led to the creation of the National Endowment for Democracy and the emergence of democracy promotion as a central goal of United States foreign policy.
Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.
The real world of American society is one which it is very misleading to call simply a democracy. Of course, it is in a sense a democracy, but it is one in which there are enormous inequities in the distribution of power and force. For example, the entire commercial and industrial system is in principle excluded from the democratic process, including everything that goes on within it
The nature of democracy is such that when there's - there'll be revulsion, obviously, towards - that's never going to happen again.
Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.
The right to be respected is won by respecting others.
Jan Bhagidari is the biggest asset of a democracy. We are increasing it through MyGov, letters from citizens, Mann Ki Baat and other initiatives.
Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for the better.
I am thankful for our democracy, liberty, and prosperity, and that so many Americans have dedicated their lives to improving our country and our world.
The essence of globalization is a subordination of human rights, of labor rights, consumer, environmental rights, democracy rights, to the imperatives of global trade and investment.
It is when it is contended that "in a democracy right is what the majority makes it to be" that democracy degenerates into demagoguery.
Compassion is the use of public funds to buy votes
Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.
Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.